Malleableizing machine



; P 9, 1952 w. M. KORDSIEMON MALLEABLIZING MACHINE Filed March 21, 1950O T N E V N I Mum Made: wens/54mm ATTOR N EY Patented Sept. 9, 1952UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE MALLEABLEIZING MACHINE William MooreKordsiemon, Quincy, 111.

Application March 21, 1950, Serial No. 150,918

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in amalleablizing machine for a method of grinding or making flexible rigidor stiii material such as heavy corrugated board.

It is now the general practice in large industries that receive productspackaged in heavy corrugated cardboard, to cast off or sell such boardas waste material. In a great many instances such industries must pay tohave this waste material hauled away. The accumulation of this wastematerial is especially'true in large department stores that receive manyof their salable products packaged in this board.

As is well known in the art, the corrugated board material is used inprotective packaging of articles and therefore is rigid, stiff and of adurable quality. Naturally, when the articles are removed from thecorrugated board the latter is now classed as waste; since it cannot beused for protective wrapping due to its rigid and stiff quality.

Therefore, one of the objects of this invention is the provision of anapparatus and method for malleablizing corrugated waste board material,so that it may be utilized for. the protective wrapping of articles.

Other objects and features will more fully appear from the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional vertical frontal view;

Fig. 2 an end view; and

Fig. 3 a diagrammatic view.

Referring to the drawings a grinding or malleablizing machine I consistsof support 2-3 secured to supporting frames 4-5 shown in part only. Afluted roller 6 is journall'ed in bearings in the basal portion of saidsupports as clearly disclosed in Fig. 1.

Each of the supports 2--3 are provided with a pair of arms formingtracks and upon which respectively ride slotted block bearings I (onlyone shown in Fig. 2). The slots in said blocks are on either side andregister with and ride upon the tracks formed by said arms and which areclearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

Springs 8 (only one shown in Fig. 2) are respectively disposed upon saidbearings 1 and are in operative relation with threaded pressure handles9-l0 that are mounted in threadable fashion in cross beams l l-I 2secured to and disposed between said arms.

A fluted roller 13 is journalled in said block bearings and adapted tomesh and engage with 2 roller 6. Gears i i-15 respectively mounted uponthe axles of rollers 6-43 mesh with each other and a drive gear 15 issecured near the end of the axle of roller 6. This gear is connectedwith a source of power (not shown) which causes said rollers to beactuated.

Referring to Fig. 3 a piece of corrugated board i7 is shown before andafter it has passed between rollers 6-43. The portion of the boarddisposed on a table portion [8 represents its rigid quality before beingfed into the rollers; while the portion showing the corrugated surfacerepresents the treated material.

It is obvious from the foregoing that by passing rigid and stiffcorrugated board between fluted rollers the said board is made flexibleand capable of being used to wrap articles in a protective manner.

Having described this invention what isclaimed 1s:

In a device of the character described consisting of a fluted rollerprovided with an axle mounted in bearings respectively and fixedlydisposed in a pair of supports; one end of said axle extending beyondits companion support and provided with a gear and drive gear securedthereto in spaced relation to each other; a fluted roller provided withan axle mounted in bearings respectively disposed in said supports inmovable fashion; each of said last named bearings being respectivelyconnected through springs with pressure handles for actuating said lastnamed fluted roller a table juxtaposed near the meshing point of saidrollers and extending beyond and away from said supports, for directinga material between said rollers, and a gear connected to one end of saidlast named axle which meshes with the gear of said first named axle.

WILLIAM MOORE KORDSIEMON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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